Major League Baseball (MBL) players will still hear the deafening roar of the crowd even though ballparks are empty when the season opens next week as they will be provided with crowd noise captured from the video game "MLB: The Show."

San Diego Studios of Sony Interactive Entertainment compiled the crowd noise during MLB games over several seasons. Bleacher Report said all cheers, groans, boos and other sounds were recorded. This gives players of "The Show" something familiar to hear when the season begins.

MLB plans to play crowd noise from its official video game "The Show" as it takes a cue from European soccer leagues. The noise will be heard from the ballpark sound systems during games, said a report from the Associated Press.

The stadium sound engineers will be given access to around 75 different sound effects and reactions, the MLB said. Clubs started experimenting with the sounds during summer camp games and they will be able to test them some more during exhibition games.

Premier League of England and La Liga of Spain were the first ones to return to the game, using crowd sounds from video games. The leagues called on EA Sports to give crowd effects they engineered from the video game franchise of FIFA.

The crowd noise, stadium announcers, walkup music and in-stadium video will hopefully replicate the experience of watching the game in the stadium. Some ballparks offered fans the chance to buy cutouts to be placed in the stands.

Crowd Noise Helps

Brewers infielder Eric Sogard on Thursday said the level of competition between some players during intrasquad games can be stepped up by crowd noise. Sogard noted that, despite the noise, players can still focus on the game as the crowd noise is "very helpful."

He noted that the first few scrimmages were "pure silence" and it was hard for some. "You could hear the other dugout talking and it was kind of awkward," he said.

The NBC Sports said the initial use of the crowd noise had good reviews. The sounds on the field were different from that in the dugout.

Davey Martinez said they plan to use the crowd noise throughout the season. Ambient and reactionary background noise will be used to create the crowd noise.

MLB developed the audio enhancements as they noted that the energy of fans in ballparks is a key element to the games. Home teams will be managing the sounds, as they do other audio and video content.

Sounds are Audible on Radio and TV

The Korean baseball league used crowd noise at stadiums so the games are not completely silent but when the games were aired on ESPN, the audio was barely audible. But MLB assured that the sounds will be heard on radio on television for the season.

Some fans and broadcasters do not trust that the crowd noise from a video game will give the audience a unique experience. They believed it takes away the chance to hear players' conversations during games.

ESPN announcer Matt Vasgersian hoped that the use of the sounds will give an "audio sweet spot to provide a little bit of everything."

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